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AUTUMN PICTURE TAG
Supplies Jasc/Corel's Paint Shop Pro any version. Tubes of Choice (2) - For this tutorial, I used the delightful images created by Suzanne Woolcott. You can purchase her wonderful art in tube and full form at AMI which stands for Artistic Minds, Inc. Please remember, when creating your signature tags, to only use permission art and to apply the copyright information on the tag which would include both the artist's name and online gallery link. If you have purchased a commercial image, do add your license number as well. Supplies for download - Autumn picture mask, leaves tube created by me using the wonderful images from Microsoft Clipart Media and the beautiful bows created by Rainbow Coffi. The full collection of Rainbow Coffi's wonderful tube images is housed at PSP Playground. Anyone can join, free of charge. To obtain the full collection of Rainbow Coffi's superb graphic tubes, do join PSP Playground, where Rainbow Coffi's and many other wonderful artist tubes are shared.
SETTING USED IN THIS TUTORIAL
Magic Wand Settings Mode: Add/Shift, Match Mode: RGB Value, Tolerance 34, Contiguous checked, Feather: 0, Anti-Alias checked and outside selected. Drop Shadow Settings Vertical Offset 2, Horizontal Offset 2, Opacity 80 Blur 5, Color Black CREATING THE BASIC TAG Step 1 Open up your two tube graphics, the autumn leaves tube, a new transparent image 700 width by 700 height, and the autumn picture mask. At the Material Palette, select a deep, solid, autumn color that will coordinate with your tube graphic and the autumn leaves tube. Flood fill the transparency with that color. Step 2 Go to Layers/New Mask Layer/From Image. At the source window's drop down menu, locate the autumn picture mask with source luminance and invert mask data checked. Click ok. Step 3 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Step 4 Left click the magic wand using the settings from above. Left click the magic wand into the top picture frame to select it. Step 5 Make one of your tube graphics active and go to Edit/Copy. Make the tag image active and go to Edit/Paste as New Layer. With the mover tool, move the tube graphic over to the right, inside the selection. By doing this, you will leave some room to later add a bow between the two frames (as you see above). The full sized graphic DOES NOT need to fit inside the frame, just the top portion should fit. Step 6 If the top portion of the tube graphic is too large, go to Image/Resize using the percent option, bicubic and resize all layers NOT checked. Move the top portion inside the selection, go to Selections/Invert and click the delete key. Go to Selections/Select None. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 7 Left click the magic wand inside the bottom picture frame and repeat the procedure in Step 6, pasting the image inside the selection. The placement of this image can be centered inside the frame. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 8 Make the leaves tube active and copy and paste this image on the left side of your frames (as you see above). Step 9 Open up the bows and select one for your picture. Resize the bow 70%. Copy and paste the bow as a new layer between your two picture frames. Go to Image/Rotate/Free Rotate/Direction Left/20 degrees. Step 10 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge Visible. Step 11 Go to Image/Resize using the percent option at 80%, bicubic and resize all layers checked. Step 12 Go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your copyright information. Step 13 Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (flatten). Save this file as a jpg and you can use it as a template to create more tags. Step 14 For each new tag you create, go to Layers/New Raster Layer and add your text. Go to Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and use the settings from above. Go to Layers/Merge/Merge All (Flatten) and save each tag with a different name. We hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Purrs, Nikki, Nichie and Sue
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